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PURCILLER v. UNITED STATES

No. 7676.

22 F.2d 679 (1927)

PURCILLER v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

November 14, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. J. Owen and R. H. Davis, both of Joplin, Mo., for plaintiff in error.

Roscoe C. Patterson, U. S. Atty., and Harry L. Thomas and Margaret Latchem, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Kansas City, Mo.

Before VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judge, and OTIS, District Judge.

VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in error was tried and convicted in the Southwestern Division of the Western District of Missouri for a violation of the White Slave Traffic Act (18 USCA §§ 397-404). The indictment contains a single count. The errors urged in the brief filed are two.

First. The court committed error in refusing to direct the jury to return a verdict of not guilty. This specification is not properly presented for review...

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